Sparkly + Cosmos

Check out these magical, fantastical animated gifs by Ignacio Torres.

Spotted on I Need a Guide.

Detroit + Ruins

The book "The Ruins of Detroit" is a hauntingly beautiful documentation of Detroit by French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre that shows one of America's most desserted and run down cities.

A quote from Marchand and Meffre:

"Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes, small pieces of history in suspension."

It's truly as if there was just a massive exodus from the place. The library shown below still has books in it! Such a strange and depressing phenomenon.

A melted clock in a highschool. Mesmerizing.

Just gives you the chills, doesn't it?

Spotted at Denver Post.

Past + Present

I'm kinda obsessed with an ongoing project of photographer Irina Werning titled "Back to the Future". She invites people to have her reproduce old pictures of them. I love how she manages to retain the old photograph look and feel.

(She's currently searching for people with old photos specifically at the Eiffel Tower, Berlin Wall or Statue of Liberty. So if you were a child globe trotter and are interested...)

All images by Irina Werning.

I was thinking it would be really cute to copy cat the idea for a family portrait. Maybe we could do this one taken on top of Enchanted Rock? I love Lorelei's expression (the middle miniature one in blue.) Though it might be difficult getting Danielle back in that baby-carrier...

On second thoughts maybe this one would be a better idea. Knowing my family we still have all those clothes stored somewhere in the house.